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Mother of convicted man says she has new evidence

A New Hampshire woman whose husband and son both were convicted in the death of a Derry handyman has hired an investigative team in hopes of clearing her son's name.

Lorraine Brooks is holding a news conference Monday in Manchester to discuss what she calls "startling" new evidence suggesting her son is innocent.

Jesse Brooks is serving 15 to 30 years in prison after being convicted of helping his millionaire father recruit friends to kill Jack Reid in 2005.

John "Jay" Brooks, who believed Reid had stolen a trailer full of motorcycles from the family, was convicted of plotting the murder and paying killers who bludgeoned Reid to death with a sledgehammer. He's serving a life sentence for capital murder.

The state Supreme Court upheld Jesse Brooks' conviction in 2011.

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